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How to pronounce “stalk”

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Pronunciation guide for stalk

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of stalk with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Waste-Free Kitchen Handbookyou can eat the stalk of a broccoli,
Definition summary: The stem or main axis of a plant.

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Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook

you can eat the stalk of a broccoli,

[Noun]
The stem or main axis of a plant.
The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
(architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
(zoology)
(metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
(mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf
F
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on a space
X
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, and a point
x
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in
X
{\displaystyle X}
, the direct limit of the sections of
F
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on the open neighborhoods of
x
{\displaystyle x}
ordered by reverse inclusion. See Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(slang) The penis.
[Verb]
(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.Wp
(intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
(intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.